Ginger comes alive when its warmed, and it gets that opportunity in this tasty sauce. All the ingredients - peanut butter to sesame oil -are warmed together in a pan until their flavors blend and the sauce becomes flavorful.

Southwest cooking at its best. Two different kinds of beans are zipped up with picante sauce, cilantro, garlic and tomato, and then layered between a stack of flour tortillas. Pop into a hot oven and 40 minutes later it emerges - seven layers of delight.

I love the braised tofu served at Chinese restaurants, but at home I like to make it healthier (without the deep frying). In my version, I use a lot of vegetables to make it more filling for a lot less calories. This dish is good both over rice or stand alone.

This is a rich and hearty lentil curry, great as a main meal rather than as a side dish like the more traditional Indian dhal. Don't let the ingredient list faze you, this really is an easy dish to make. This dish is great served with basmati rice.

This is a delicious, easy-to-make, vegetarian casserole! Eggplant, tomato and onion are layered and seasoned with a splash of balsamic vinegar before being topped off with bread crumbs. There are a million variations and additions that you can make to this recipe! Be creative!

Cilantro and other ingredients are whirred in the blender to create a seasoning base called soffrito used in this Latin rice and pigeon pea - gandulas - dish. Tomato sauce and soffrito impart a lovely flavor to the rice that is then cooked with the peas.